OK! please be ready to spare some of your time for this post as it’s going to be a looongg one! But I’ll try to make it shorter..if I can. 🙂
I joined WordPress back in 2008. Yup in 2008! However, I had no idea how to navigate WordPress at that time as they had such a complicated menus or even limited themes to choose from. Bottomline, it wasn’t that user friendly.
As far as I can remember I wrote something about my Life Journey in which I discovered seven years later that it wasn’t even published. HAHA
So back in January 27 of 2015, I’ve decided to do something else so I thought why not start a blog? I then remembered I had WordPress! I immediately grabbed my phone (Thank you to smart phones, it made everything so easy and accessible) and logged-in to WordPress.com and wow! my account is still active. No views or visitors though..(LOL) My account name back then was Capricorn (don’t ask me why-LOL) so I immediately changed my name to FilipinoInsideOut and again (don’t ask me why) OK, OK maybe because I’m a Filipino Inside and Out!? Or should I say, I was born and raised in the Philippines?? LOL 😛
Anyway, to make this long story short I then wrote my very first post without even knowing that I will enjoy and continue writing and sharing different ideas up to present. Here’s my very first and official blog post Oh! How I Love Monday.. The moment I hit the “publish” button, it actually felt good. So, I then wrote my second, 3rd and so on. If you’re interested to know more on How Did I End Up Blogging click HERE.
And that is the reason why I considered January 27, 2015 as my Blog Anniversary because it all started that day! ❤
Please allow me to quickly share my blog insights.
- Zero views from 2008-2014.
- I’ve shared 167 fun and not-so-fun posts from 2015 -2016.
- A Huge Shout-Out to my top 5 viewers and of course to everyone from all over the world!
- And surprisingly Thoughtful Wednesday! still has the Best Views Ever!
Furthermore,
After a couple of months of blogging, I’ve been contemplating of changing my name to something that suites best on what my posts are all about. However, I didn’t do it because “again” I never thought that I’ll continue blogging. Some of you have witnessed my journey and was with me from when I first started until this day and with that Thank you!
Now with all the grace and support that I received from everyone, and I know now what I’m passionate about, I am for sure considering of changing my account name. Something that’s been in my mind since forever but will still keep a part of FilipinoInsideOut. (stay tune for that)
Twelve months of blogging means twelve months of something!
I now have a clear vision of what I want and what I hope to achieve.
And after this long and boring story, I thought I’d share twelve (12) posts in twelve consecutive days (wish me luck!)… Nope! it’s definitely not 12 Days of Christmas! HAHA and hopefully I will be able to make this happen.
So what do you guys think? Am I just dreaming or you’ll agree with my Blog Anniversary date?
Thoughts???
Happy anniversary, what an awesome accomplishment! It’s awesome that your blog is going strong since you decided to put your mind into it 🙂
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Thank you.. I hope i’ll be more motivated to continue and share what I really love..☺️
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Congratulations!! I have a pretty much the same story 😁😁 I joined WP in 2013 & it was just last May-June I decided to blog!!
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Thanks!! Sometimes when I’m blogging I couldnt help but think.. What if I didn’t stop since day 1 (2008) where could I be now? Haha but thanks for reading! Didn’t you fall asleep with the entire speech?? Haahhah
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Hehehehe.. Absolutely not!! I could relate so much with it.. I think the same thing too.. Where would I be?? But I guess, where ever we are now is the best place to be.. Hugs!! ❤️❤️
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🙋🏼😍
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🙋🏼❤️❤️
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Happy Blogiversary! 🎉
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Thank you!!😍 I was really hesitant on posting this but I thought I want to make Jan 27,2015 official and not 2008! Haha😂
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Congratulations! That’s a nice milestone to hit, however you came to be there. 🙂
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thank you! 🙂
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Happy Anniversary! So glad you rediscovered WordPress… 7 years after you created the account lol! 😛 I think your rationale for the anniversary date makes a lot of sense, this is the date you really was ACTIVE on the blog! Are you still thinking of going premium?
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THANK YOU!! and not premium yet but will change my name and get a domain as soon as I hit my goal. 🙂 (fingers crossed)
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